Samsung's dual-screen Android flip phone is official

A day after yesterday's fairly comprehensive leak, the Samsung W789 ("Hennessy") has been officially unveiled, and it's now out in the open for all to see on Samsung's Chinese website. As rumored, Android-powered flip phone packs dual 3.3-inch HVGA displays, a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. In addition, there's a 5-megapixel camera, a microSD slot (no word on internal storage) a 1,500mAh battery, and support for both GSM and CDMA networks.

There's no word on whether the W789, or some variant of it, will ever see release outside of the Chinese market. However if you're after a more premium Android clamshell, you might want to wait on the Galaxy Folder, which purportedly heading to Samsung's native South Korea.

When Kyocera did something like this a few years ago on Sprint everyone scoffed at it. I sure if Sammy pushes a Galaxy version in the US everyone will magically fall in love with it. Everything looks more beautiful through market share tinted lenses.

The echo was a decent gamble but the big difference, if I remember right, in the Echo and this is the buttons on this. The Echo was still primarily a touchscreen phone and this one is more the traditional clamshell.

I like the concept but they should make a model with a 3.2-3.3 inch WVGA display (like the Xperia X1) and either let it rotate (as the Nokia 6260) or follow the classic design with a smaller display on the outside.

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